Archive for October 2015

MBO Partners’ annual State of Independence Survey estimates that 17.8 million Americans are full-time independent contractors (independent work is their main source of income and accounts for more than 15 hours of their weekly work), while 12.4 million are only part-time independent (and typically have an alternative job). – See more at: http://payable.com/blog/what-is-a-1099-independent-contractor#sthash.RGzIaMbA.dpuf

From 2011 to 2015, the number of Americans earning more than $100,000 per year in 1099 income jumped 45 percent, according to MBO Partners, which supplies back-office support to the self-employed.

MBO Partners, which describes itself as a provider of independent contractor engagement solutions, announced its pilot launch of what it is calling MBO Connect, a tool for directly engaging contractors, consultants and freelancers.

The Freelancers Union, which advocates for self-employed people of all kinds, recently came up with the 53 million number Warner mentioned. MBO Partners, which provides tools for businesses that use contractors, put it at 30.2 million.

Gene Zaino was interviewed on KABC radio (Los Angeles) during the McIntyre in the Morning commute show. During the interview, Gene discussed MBO’s State of Independence report as well as the reasons people are shifting away from traditional jobs towards self-employment.

A new study by MBO Partners and Emergent Research is projecting the independent workforce to reach 38 Million by the year 2020. Today there are 30.2 million independent workers in the U.S. economy, a number which has increased 12% over the last 5 years.

There are 30.2 million independent — full-time and part-time — workers in the U.S. economy. That’s up 12% over the last 5 years, according to a new study by MBO Partners and Emergent Research. By 2020, the study projects the independent workforce will be up to nearly 38 million workers.

Those numbers are hardly insignificant, given that Upwork estimates that nearly 54 million workers—34% of the U.S. labor market—have reportedly done “some sort of freelance work” in the past year. That figure is up 700,000 from the previous year. A second survey on the freelance economy, released Tuesday by MBO Partners, puts the number of…